[Sussex] Simultaneous access to personal settings from different hostnames

[Bob Williams]

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Hello Peter,

On 07/10/14 16:32, Peter Humphreys wrote:
> Hello all
[...]
> 
> Just to give background I have used Linux as my main Desktop system
> for several years now, using SuSE 11.0 on a fairly old Dell
> Dimension 4600.
> 
SuSE 11.0 is very old, and well past EOL. So I'd recommend upgrading
to openSUSE 13.1, which is now pretty stable. You might have to
upgrade to an intermediate version first (eg 12.3), to make the
upgrade path run smoother. Nevertheless, you will notice some big
changes, depending on which desktop you run. (eg KDE3 -> KDE4)

Where are you based? I'm in Henfield, and if you're not too far, I'd
be happy to help with the upgrade if you wanted to go down that route.
Just reply off-list.

> More than once recently there seem to have been conflicts within my
> system, and today I rebooted as I noticed the host was 'unknown'.
> The reboot then took me back to the host I am more used to,
> (peter@) 'linux-fmtq' , which is what's open now.
> 
I'm not sure what's happening here. The host name, which is just a
name for your computer, is stored in the file /etc/HOSTNAME in an
openSUSE system. As root, you can edit that file's contents to
anything you like. I usually change it to something more meaningful,
like my house name.

> Within linux-ftmq I now get a pop-up on trying to start Open Office
> 2.4 which states -
> 
> "Either another instance of OpenOffice.org is accessing your
> personal settings or your personal settings are locked. 
> Simultaneous access can lead to inconsistencies in your personal
> settings. Before continuing you should make sure user 'peter'
> closes OpenOffice.org on host 'Unknown-00-c0-f0-0a-52' Do you
> really want to continue? (Yes) / (No)"
> 
> Thus far I have taken the 'No' option as I am sure it is preferable
> to dispense with OOO running in the background to another host
> before opening it in the foreground, so to speak.
> 
> Question - can anyone suggest how to do that safely from
> 'linux-ftmq'? I have both rebooted the system, and also suspended &
> restarted it in an effort to get back to '(peter@) 'unknown' so I
> can possibly shut down OpenOffice from that environment, but of
> course the rogue host (if that's what it is...) won't reappear.
> 
> Looking in YAST2 Host Configuration (And, just what is a Host?) I
> see there are two stated hosts, 'linux-fmtq-site' which has the
> alias 'linux-fmtq' the other being 'localhost' with the host alias
> 'ipv6-localhost ipv6-loopback'. no mention of 'unknown'.
> 
> I have also looked on the Open SuSE forum, but I cannot see
> relevant content there.
> 
> Or, don't I need to worry and should just hit 'Yes' on the OOO
> pop-up? I have so far resisted the temptation to do just that.
> 
> All suggestions gratefully received!
> 
Unless you know that there is a very important, unsaved document that
you were working on in OpenOffice, I would think it would do no harm
to close any running instances of OpenOffice.

> Thanks
> 
> Peter Humphreys
> 
> 

Bob
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Bob Williams
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